Strictly Come Dancing’s Chloe Lewis thinks romance could blossom between AJ Pritchard and Mollie King after the show

Head judge Shirley Ballas has even commented on their “believable” chemistry on the live shows, but Chloe, who joined the show with AJ last year, thinks the pair are focused on the competition itself at the moment, not each other.

Speaking exclusively to The Sun Online at the Inside Soap Awards, Chloe said she didn’t believe the speculation has got in the way of their progress.

She said: “No definitely not. You just have to block it out and at the end of the day you’re there to do a job and that’s AJ’s mindset.

“He’s so focused on the job he has to do and he won’t let anything get in the way of that.”

However Chloe thinks they are solely focused on the competition… for now

The couple have appeared close away from the dance floor, and while Mollie has denied there is any romance between them at the moment, Chloe couldn’t rule out her best friend asking the singer on a date once the series is over.

She said: “I have no idea, I’m not in the boy’s mind.

“I’ve known him for a long time but I don’t know him that well. [Boys are] so confusing.”

Indeed, Mollie and AJ have bigger fish to fry at the moment, having found themselves in the dreaded dance off for the last two weeks.